GLWeekly News items; interviews with Mahir Muhammad from the Flemington Estate Residents Association about the campaign for public housing and Lorraine from Residents for Victoria Street Drug solutions about the campaign for a safe injecting rooms

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Episode Synopsis

7am intro, acknowledgement of country7:03 News: Let them stay - ACTU support for refugees facing cuts to welfare and accomodation in latest disgraceful attack by federal government.7:08 News: equal marriage campaign - advertisements for 'no' campaign expose weakness and lack of confidence of campaign as well as potential shift to use the campaign to target the safe schools program7:16 News: 'Tough on crime' Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy facing heat for allegedly having 'Lobster with a Mobster'. CFMEU have invested in an inflatable lobster which will be used to highlight the hypocrisy.7:28 News: Naomi Klein - Hurricane Harvey didn't come out of the blue. Now is the time to talk about climate change.7:38 News: Moreland council votes in support of public housing7:45 Interview: Jacob and Zane speak to Mahir Muhammad from the Flemington Estate Residents Association about the campaign to stop public housing estates being converted to physically smaller 'social housing' with higher rents and poorer conditions in tandem with massive new private development on public housing land. 8:00 Activist calendar8:11 Interview: Jacob and Zane speak with Lorraine from Residents for Victoria Street Drug solutions about the campaign for a safe injecting room for intravenous drug users in Richmond. Lorraine talks about the recent rally which was built off the back of an extensive doorknocking campaign and forging alliances between residents and small business owners in the area.

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